Fedora 28 Earlybird FAQ

Q: Can I update the Fedora 28 Alpha/Beta/Snap#/Preview release to the final Fedora 28 release?

A: Yes. A few days before F28 is finally released, at 10am EST, there will be an updated "fedora-release" package which will change your release name from Rawhide to the final Fedora 28, and more importantly, change your package repositories from rawhide to stable.

Rawhide detritusWhile upgrading from rawhide to final will work OK most of the time, there may be some corner case issues with bad interim rawhide updates leaving the system in a different state than a final clean install, or even a regular F27 to F28 upgrade (or preupgrade).

"fedora-release" changes back to Rawhide a few weeks after releaseIf you delay updating too long after F28 is released, you may miss the final F28 "fedora-release" transition package, and instead of going from Rawhide to Fedora 28, you will remain on Rawhide.

Q: I found a Fedora 28 ISO leak before release day! Is it legit or is it exploited?

A: The only way to know for sure is to verify the leaked SHA1SUM's GPG signature (if available) with the official Fedora GPG key. If you can't, or won't do this, it's safer to just be patient and wait for release day. Also note that even if the early leak does check out, it might not be the FINAL release, as fedora has in the past re-pushed out last-minute final-final releases.

Q: I avoided Fedora 9 because there was no proprietary ATI display driver available. Is this fixed?